Tractor-controlling device



Feb. 20, 1923.

W. F. HUTTON. JR

TRACTOR CONTROLLING DEVICE Fiied Sept. 15, 1920 Patented Feb. 2a 19 2s. e

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' Application filed September 15, 19.20. Serial No.

To all whomz't may concern:

I Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. Hams,-

Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, andresident of Cherokee, in the countyof Cherokee and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tractor-Controlling Devices, of which-the following is ,a specification.

This invention relates to tractor control-v ling devices and particularly to attachments.

intended to be extended from the ordinary tractor to a trailer for the purpose 'of-enabling an operator to control the steering mechanism as well as the tlirottlmtransmission and clutch from the trailer to speedilyv control the movement of the tractor from the distant point. I

An object of this invention is to provide mechanism capable of ready application and attachment to tractors now in common use, well known parts of such tractors being employed as supports for the bearings, brack-.

ets, and. guides of the controlling rods, shafts and the like.

A. further object of this invention is to produce an extensible steering mechanism I and fuel controlling device having a sup-' port between the ends for stablizing and holding the tractor relatively rigid and to provide means for compensating for vibration between the tractor and the trailer.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and v,

combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. I

in describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- F igru'e 1 illustrates a perspective view of a fragment of a tractor with the controlling mechanism embodying the invention applied thereto; and

Figure 2 illustrates a reverse View of one end of the tractor showing the transmission control. y

In these drawings A denotes a tractor which is conventionally shown, the same having a yoke 1 leading to the steering post, the said yoke having a universal joint 2 connected to a shaft 2. A universal joint 3 connects the end ofthe shaft 2 with the shaft 4, the said shaft 4 being slidable in a sleeve 5 so that the shaft may be made exto it, the said link being handle l l which controlling the fuel.

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tensible to increase or diminish the distance ll'l WlllOlil it-may be operated fromthe tractor. V v

ordinary hand wheel 6 is connectedto A .1111 the J shaft 5 and hence the steering mechanism under the control of theelementsj ust referred-to.

The ordinary throttle lever 7 for cote-o1;

ling the carburetor or intake manifold is controlled by the link 8 pivotally connected:

nected to an arm 9 "which is oscillated under the influence of the rotation of the shaft 10,

the said shaft having a universaljoint'; 11

which isconnectedto a telescopically mount.

ed shaft 12 slidabl in the sleeve 13. The shaft terminates A spring 15 isinterposed between the bracket 6? and a shoulder of thetelescopic section 13 and is intendedi handle in engagement to hold the lever or with the" bracket 6 A standard 16 which the shaft 1Ov extends and the said standard is secured to thexseatffra-me 17 which is ordinarily supplied on tractors, the

has an aperture through in an angularlyextending" maybe manipulated for saidseat frame including the standards 18 and 18 which support the member '17, the

said standards 18 and 18"being anchored or supported from the gear casing. The transmission bracedby a yoke ,19 formed on an'arm which is integral with a shaft 20." Aguiding bracket 21- is secured to the standard '16 t and has an aperture in which the shaft 20 shifting lever 19, 'is-'em- I i is sl pp rted and rotated. The shaft vE20 i shaft 20 but for thrusting. it rearwardlyand be caused'to cross over for-effecting a change into the different gears. The shaft 20 has universal joint 22 and V in a handle 25, the outer end of the said shaft 20 being rotatable in a bracket 26 which is intended to be connected to a seat support of a trailer. The bracket 26 acts forwardly so that the transmission lever may it terminates i as a supportfor the pintle 28, which'pintle has the shaft 5 mounted in it.

The bracket 16 has aguide28 extending i from it, in whichaflenible member :24 is slidable, the said flexible member being connected to an arm 29 which is rigidly" attachedto the pedal 2Q of the clutch so that" by operating the arm 29, the clutch may he released for the purpose of shilling the gear and all of the operating parts for s e to the said Inents terminate at the 01" cnet 2 h-le connection 24% being attached bracket as fully shown in Yigni' nhe tractor has a bracket 01 secured on it, said bracket havii an aperture in which an extension 20 of 11116 shzttt 20 is guided and rotated, so that the innei' end of this shaft is supported and the relation is such that power may be exerted on the shifting lever "transversely anl longitudinally oi. the said shaft 20.

l claim-- 1. In a tractor controlling device, steerin aft, an e: nsihle shaft connected to the steering;- shait from a trailer, a sectional throttle controlling; shaft, connections between the said shaft a throttle controlling; lever, a shaft having: a yoke embracing a shifting lQ-VGE, means for mounting the said shaft for rotation and movement longitudinally of its axis, at clutch releasing means, a standard supported from the tractor, and means on the standard for guiding the tractor controlling elements.

2. In a tractor controlling device, a steering shaft, an extensible shaft connected to the steering shaft from a trailer, a sectional throttle controlling shaft, connections between the said shaft and a throttle controlling; lever, a shaft having a yoke en'ilnacing a shifting lever, means for mounting the said. shaft for rotation and movement longitudinally of its axis, a clutch releasing means, a standard having a guiding loop, an apertni'ed bracket extending from the said standard, the said standard having an aperture in which one of the shafts is rotatably mounted, and means at the top of the standard to]: anchoring the steering; shaft thereto.

WlLLlA /l F. HUTTON, J12. 

